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AND you all that are going to the game PLEASE be loud. The crowd seemed pretty dead when I was watching.

And I have Time Warner Internet Service, but not the cable service (have DirecTV). Apparently I am ineligible for ESPN3. If anyone can find a streaming link outside of ESPN3, pts and would be greatly appriecated.

Watch out for Maryland's sketchy tactics. They lead the NCAA in HBPs...double the average actually with 120+. Not saying they cheat, but the coach has admitted he coaches them to sit there and take a pitch. I thought you had a responsibility to get out of the way if you're the hitter?

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I'd like to wrap a green strip around section 506 and then take it off slowly, like I'm disrobing it.

Watch out for Maryland's sketchy tactics. They lead the NCAA in HBPs...double the average actually with 120+. Not saying they cheat, but the coach has admitted he coaches them to sit there and take a pitch. I thought you had a responsibility to get out of the way if you're the hitter?

In college, you do NOT have to make an attempt to get out of the way. You can stand still and let it hit you. You cannot, however, make an attempt to try to move into the path of the ball.

In MLB, you DO have to make an attempt to get out of the way. Guys like Fernando Vina made a living by stepping towards the pitch, then turning their back to it, in an "attempt" to get out of the way.

NCAA Baseball Rules:

• A batter hit by a pitch out of the strike zone and who makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball should not be awarded a base. The ruling is a ball. However, if the pitch is clearly inside the vertical lines of the batter’s box and the batter freezes, the batter shall be awarded a base. A batter who freezes on a pitch outside the lines of the batter’s box is not to receive the benefit of being awarded a base.

• A batter hit by a pitch outside the vertical lines of the batter’s box with any part of his body (arm,
shoulder, elbow, knee) outside the batter’s box will not be awarded a base unless he attempts to avoid being hit by the pitch.

Well.. campbell led in HBP until Marylands little game yesterday to win. I don't think we hit them at all..?

Coach spoke about this HBP stuff in the conference and made it known he knows whats up with both Campbell and Maryland.. and I'm sure it's known among the officials... and may not slide as well as it has in the past fr them against a pitching staff like ours.

Well.. campbell led in HBP until Marylands little game yesterday to win. I don't think we hit them at all..?

Coach spoke about this HBP stuff in the conference and made it known he knows whats up with both Campbell and Maryland.. and I'm sure it's known among the officials... and may not slide as well as it has in the past fr them against a pitching staff like ours.

Here's what Holbrook had to say:

"A couple of years ago, the NCAA put out there about the hit-by-pitch thing, they put out there it was a point of emphasis among the umpires that the hitter had to make a concerted effort to get out of the way of the pitch. I think over the last couple of years that's been lost. The reason I say that, there's a lot of team in our league that use the hit-by-pitch as an offensive play. http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...40539867/1032/